It’s finally hot, and the potatoes have begun to flower.  They’ll eventually produce small fruits full of seeds.  Though the resulting seeds could probably be planted (though I’ve never tried), potatoes are typically planted from “seed potatoes,” which aren’t seeds at all, but are instead potatoes.  That is, to plant potatoes, you cut a seed potato (which is just a potato) up into pieces, each with a couple of eyes, and plant the pieces.

The water hyacinths are also flowering.  Though considered an invasive weed throughout the U.S. and elsewhere, mine are in a little pond, and unlikely to escape into native waterways.  They provide welcome cover for the goldfish that inhabit the pond, and lovely flowers besides.  Dogs seem to love to chew on water hyacinth, I suppose because of the delightful crunch?  Fortunately my dog doesn’t have access to this particular pond.